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URL: http://www.usuhs.mil/pha/

Proper Citation: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Department of Pharmacology (RRID:SCR_005051)

Description: THIS RESOURCE IS NO LONGER IN SERVICE, documented May 10, 2017. A pilot effort that has developed a centralized, web-based biospecimen locator that presents biospecimens collected and stored at participating Arizona hospitals and biospecimen banks, which are available for acquisition and use by researchers. Researchers may use this site to browse, search and request biospecimens to use in qualified studies. The development of the ABL was guided by the Arizona Biospecimen Consortium (ABC), a consortium of hospitals and medical centers in the Phoenix area, and is now being piloted by this Consortium under the direction of ABRC. You may browse by type (cells, fluid, molecular, tissue) or disease. Common data elements decided by the ABC Standards Committee, based on data elements on the National Cancer Institute''s (NCI''s) Common Biorepository Model (CBM), are displayed. These describe the minimum set of data elements that the NCI determined were most important for a researcher to see about a biospecimen. The ABL currently does not display information on whether or not clinical data is available to accompany the biospecimens. However, a requester has the ability to solicit clinical data in the request. Once a request is approved, the biospecimen provider will contact the requester to discuss the request (and the requester''s questions) before finalizing the invoice and shipment. The ABL is available to the public to browse. In order to request biospecimens from the ABL, the researcher will be required to submit the requested required information. Upon submission of the information, shipment of the requested biospecimen(s) will be dependent on the scientific and institutional review approval. Account required. Registration is open to everyone., documented on August 18,2021.Research in the Department of Pharmacology addresses fundamental questions relevant to understanding the actions of drugs, hormones, neurotransmitters, and growth factors at the molecular and cellular level, as well as their effects on the whole organism. Current areas of focus, employing a wide variety of approaches and model systems, are neuropharmacology and mechanisms of signal transduction. Seminars, Journal Clubs and Interest Groups create a stimulating, supportive and collegial environment in which intra and interdepartmental collaborations flourish. Postdoctoral fellows and graduate students from the interdisciplinary Molecular and Cell Biology and Neuroscience training programs enrich this environment, and faculty are actively encouraged to participate all aspects of graduate education. In addition to modern, well-equipped laboratories within the Department, the Biomedical Instrumentation Center provides core facilities for imaging, flow cytometry, proteomics and protein and DNA sequencing. Other University resources, as well as our proximity to the National Institutes of Health, provide easy access to additional state-of the-art technologies that enhance the research programs of our faculty.

Abbreviations: USU Department of Pharmacology

Resource Type: portal, data or information resource, department portal, graduate program resource, organization portal